National Research Centre, Water Pollution Research Departme

NRC was established as an independent public organization in1956, with the aim “to foster basic and applied scientific research, particularly in industry, agriculture, public health and other sectors of national economy”. It is the largest of all institutions affiliated to the ministry of Scientific Research and employs about of all scientists working in these institution.

NRC Is the largest multidisciplinary R&D centre in Egypt devoted to basic and applied research within the major fields of interest.

NRC Possesses an impressive scientific & technological infrastructure and man power resources of 4735 research staff.

NRC Consists of 14 divisions and 108 departments covering the major areas of industry, health, environment, agriculture, basic sciences and engineering.

NRC Is headed by a president with ministerial status, assisted by two vice presidents, one for research and the other for technical affairs. The minister of state for Scientific Research is the higher president of NRC.

Prof. Dr. HelmyTawfik El Zanfaly is a research member of National Research

Centre, Environment and Climate Changes Institute (previously known as

Water Research Department) since 1986. He is author for more than 70 peer

reviewed research paper published in national and international journals,

indexed on Google and Scopus and received many citations. He contributed as

an author for chapters in books published by John Wiley & Sons and WIT

Press. His area of interest is mainly environmental sciences and technology

including sustainable development, upgrading of water and wastewater

treatment technologies & reuse, evaluation the microbial safety of agricultural

products, isolation and identification of micro-organisms, hydraulic research,

water pollution, risk assessment, disinfectants and disinfection, antibiotic

resistance bacteria, climatic changes effect on water resources, alternative

sources of energy,circular economy , bioremediation, and environmental

problems related to the rural area. As pioneer investigator, he touched the

problem of antibiotic resistant bacteria as a serious public health problem on

the farm environment base (In Germany), in Nile River (Cairo), in activated

carbon reactor (in Egypt, and USEPA), in drinking water (in Egypt), in

dialysis water (in Germany). Prof. El Zanfaly has a deep experience in the

development of onsite simple wastewater treatment (septic tanks) in the

Egyptian rural areas by using a group of local selected active microorganisms.

He is trainer for laboratory teams of the Egyptian Holding Company for Water

and Wastewater on the advanced methods for microbial examination. Prof. El

Zanfaly presented his research work and invited as key-note speaker for many

international conferences. He wrote many reports for international

organizations concerned the environmental situation in Egypt and contributed

in many national and International research projects covering many issues

related to water and wastewater management.